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I had no idea Sambucus was native to America. Elder flower is such a quintessential childhood flavour to me.
Edit: So, growing up, my famliy worked at a elder farm for a few years. The name of elder always stuck in my head; Sambucus nigra.
Per Wikipedia, Sambucus nigra, or black elder, is actually native to Europe.
Sambucus can be found natively in large swathes of the world. It's just that the specific type mentioned in the post is native to North America.
Makes me think of how American blueberries here in Sweden has more or less replaced our native blueberries (bilberry) in stores.
How would you describe it
It tastes a little like a honeysuckle smells, but lighter and not cloying. It's a very floral taste, sweet, complex, fairly unique. You can get elderflower syrups or liqueur, or sometimes fancy sodas, and it's a very distinctive and unmistakable taste. One of my favorites.
That’s a hard question. It’s floral, which feels like “duh.” It has a fairly mild fragrance. Here it is almost always paired with lemon as well, so you end up with a kind of tangy, floral lemonade kind of thing.
It’s great.